Strip 717 - Click strip above to goto the next strip.
First Seen: Thu 2013-11-21
Story & Art: Scott Bieser - Colors: Zeke Bieser
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A thousand years in the future, humanity has colonized worlds in nearly 100 galaxies, thanks to Quantum Vibremonic technologies developed five centuries earlier. Other new technologies have created various off-shoots of humanity and extended life expectancies five-fold. The story begins with how a mad scientist and his plucky assistant, along with their robot friend, brought humanity to the stars, and continues with the adventures of some unique people in fantastic places.
QV on a short break [ Jul 15, 2026 ]
QUANTUM VIVE is taking a break for a few weeks, as we prepare for Part 2 of the Novo Palermo story, and also for a Kickstarter campaign for Part 1, which will start in September.
In the meantime, Not-Safe.Space will continue, as a murder mystery begins and the relationship between Eithne and Diana develops in unexpected directions.
Not-Safe.Space is a NSFW strip but more than half the pages are SFW so I've set those to *not* require a Patreon membership. Readers should be able to follow the story without seeing the NSFW pages. If I've done this right.
Transcript For Strip 717
Panel 1Exterior view of Argosy. Laser cannon are prominently visible near the base of the ship's 'spines.' We see two of them in this frame, firing bright bolts of light, presumably there are two more out of view.
Mueller (from ship): Corsairs are now at 20 klicks and closing!
Santos: Fire lasers!
Strider: Cannon 2 and 3 firing, sir.
Panel 2
Inside the control cabin, Mueller looks terrified, Strider looks grim.
Mueller: No effect! How can there be no effect?
Strider: Corsairs are slowing, 10 klicks now.
Mueller: You must have missed them!
Panel 3
Looking past Santos at Mueller and Strider.
Strider: Direct hit on Cannon 3 sir! Inoperative.
Mueller: How is this happening?
Santos: Continue firing on target as each cannon comes to bear!
Panel 4A
Santos turns to Bartoli.
Santos: Bartoli! Send a general distress call. We are under attack!
Bartoli: Aye sir!
Panel 4B
Close-up on Santos, gritting his teeth.
Santos: And, send a realtime stream of our sensor data!
Santos: Even if we're destroyed, I want a record of our attackers' methods.
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